Bellwork: More Appositives Practice

• Identify the appositives as an Opener, Closer, or S-V Spliton a white board
  • A moment later, Pepe heard the sound, the faint car crash of horse's hoofs on gravel. (John Steinbeck, "Flight")
  • A short, round boy of seven, he took little interest in troublesome things, preferring to remain on good terms with everyone. (Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry)
  • The fifth traveler, a whithered old gentleman sitting next to the middle door across the aisle, napped fitfully upon his cane. (Henry Sydnor Harrison, "Miss Hinch")
  • A thoroughbred of the streets, Jemmy acted on instint. (Sid Fleischman, The Whipping Boy)
  • The country hailed Althea Gibson, the rangy tennis player who was the first black female to win the U.S. Women's Singles. (Maya Angelou, The Heart of a Woman)

Current Connections: Model annotating an article

• Look at the article "U.S. drought drives up food prices worldwide" on CNN.com
• Model annotating and answering questions on graphic organizer

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• Discuss connections. How can we be effected by the topic of the article? How can our country be effected? The world? What about the way high food prices effected people in the past?

Thematic Focus: What is an Individual's Duty to the State?

• Cold read President John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address (1961)
• Follow along in your booklet
• Make a list of any words you do not understand the definition or connotation of.

Vocab:

• list all words that students do not understand